Australia v Pakistan, MCG Test: Live scores, start time, how to watch, stream

Can the Australians get better and guarantee they keep away from a shock defeat?

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DAY 3 LIVE

with Tim Michell

5.54PM: SMITH FIFTY

That’s removed from probably the most fluent fifty Steve Smith has scored however boy has it been pivotal.

He clips one off the hip to high-quality leg and will get a heat hand from the MCG crowd who’ve appreciated the grind he confirmed throughout his telling partnership with Mitch Marsh.

“It’s an innings of substance. He’s fought by means of it, though he hasn’t been at his finest,” Simon Katich says on SEN.

5.36PM: WICKET! MARSH GONE FOR 96

Salman has pulled in an absolute screamer at first slip to eliminate Mitch Marsh 4 runs wanting a century.

In case you wished an ideal instance of why Pakistan is cricket’s final enigma — that’s it.

How will you have a participant catch that and put Marsh down as merely as Shafique did earlier?

In the long run, that drop value Pakistan 76 runs and has most likely determined this match.

“I’m simply staggered that they’ve held an opportunity,” says Michael Vaughan on Fox Cricket.

Australia leads by 223 runs — which is likely to be sufficient for victory already.

5.10PM: PAKISTAN CRUELLED BY DRS — AGAIN

After Mitch Marsh simply survived a evaluate earlier immediately not enjoying a shot, Steve Smith has survived due to umpire’s name as effectively.

Aamir Jamal is fired up as Pakistan hunts a breakthrough however was visibly upset when DRS got here up umpire’s name.

Aamir struck Smith on pads and to the bare eye the ball was angling down leg.

However the evaluate steered it was a lot nearer than it appeared and Smith was fortunate to not be dismissed.

“Michael Gough is a little bit of a not out umpire isn’t he,” says Mark Waugh on Fox Cricket.

“(That’s) three that he has given not out which have truly been clipping the stumps and two of them the batsmen let the ball go.

“I believe if you happen to let the ball go, you need to lose the umpire’s name.

“If it’s hitting the stumps. In the event you don’t play a shot, you need to lose that profit.”

5PM: WHAT PLAYERS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CHRISTMAS BBL PUSH

Australian Cricket Affiliation boss Todd Greenberg says gamers desire a better understanding of why a Christmas BBL match would work earlier than committing to the idea.

Days after Sydney Sixers star Jordan Silk stated he thought gamers have been able to play on December 25, Greenberg stated most would “lean in” in the event that they understood the potential advantages.

“In the event you can take them by means of the logical causes of why and nearly set up of their eyes a enterprise case for, ‘that is good and it’s good for gamers, it’s good for the sport’, they’ll pay attention intently and most of them will lean in,” he advised SEN.

“There will probably be people who received’t wish to play on Christmas Day. Like there will probably be individuals who work in (media) that received’t wish to work on Christmas Day. However I get a way persons are open to the dialog.”

Greenberg stated decreasing journey by enjoying a derby was one situation which had been mentioned.

“I believe it’s a dialog we’re having. The world evolves. In the event you’d stated this possibly 15-20 years in the past it will have been sacrilige to play on nowadays. However different fashions and different sports activities are making it work,” he stated.

There was no BBL match on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day this yr.

4.45PM: CAN BABAR BE PAKISTAN’S HERO?

After scores of 21, 14 and 1 on this sequence, Pakistan badly wants Babar Azam to provide a knock befitting his standing because the world’s No.5 batter within the second innings in Melbourne.

Former Pakistan captain and coach Waqar Younis spoke of Babar’s struggles throughout this Check and stated, “he’s probably not the Babar I do know.”

Talking on ABC radio, Waqar stated: “Babar Azam shouldn’t be actually wanting that nice. Not himself…his physique language wasn’t that nice strolling on the sphere.

“He appeared actually anxious and that’s not a terrific signal. Even within the morning once I noticed him he was not himself.”

4.20PM: WAUGH SETS MINIMUM TARGET FOR AUSTRALIA

Australia must set Pakistan a minimum of 225 runs to be assured of victory, says Mark Waugh.

As Mitch Marsh and Steve Smith push the lead nearer to 200, Waugh set 225 because the minimal rating Australia would want to disclaim Pakistan a breakthrough victory on Aussie shores.

“They’re on the lookout for 250 plus, clearly, when the pitch remains to be doing a bit. It’s not going to interrupt up, that’s the factor,” Waugh stated on Fox Cricket.

4.15PM: WARNE ANNOUNCES LEGACY TARGET MET

Shane Warne’s son Jackson has introduced the Shane Warne Legacy has met its goal of 23,000 coronary heart well being checks in the course of the Boxing Day Check.

4-minute coronary heart well being checks have been accessible on the MCG — and Priceline Pharmacies — with a purpose to succeed in Warnie’s well-known 23 in the course of the Check.

Jackson stated he believed the purpose had been reached throughout tea break on day three.

“It simply exhibits he’s nonetheless residing on and saving lives whereas doing it,” he advised Fox Cricket.

In a uncooked interview, Jackson stated he would “all the time see Shane Warne as my dad”.

“I by no means checked out him as Shane Warne. The feelings, in fact it’s been a rollercoaster the final 18 months however I do know he would need us to be blissful,” he stated.

“There’s been instances for us to be unhappy and that was final yr. Now we simply have to have a good time his life, honour him, make him blissful and make him proud.”

To be taught extra concerning the Shane Warne Legacy, click on right here

4PM: ‘BUGGER THE VICS’ — BASIL DOUBLES DOWN

Perth Mayor Basil Zempilas has taken intention at Victorian cricket followers for the second time in three days whereas pitching an audacious plan to deliver the day-night Check to the west.

On Boxing Day, Zempilas tweeted: “Hmmmm. What’s their excuse? Not like you may go to the seashore?” in reference to the MCG crowd.

On Thursday, he doubled down by declaring “Bugger the Vics” whereas telling 6PR of his plan to grab the day-night Check.

This summer time’s day-night match will probably be performed on the Gabba, with a begin time of 3pm AEDT for every day.

If a begin time of 2pm within the west was locked in, stumps can be after midnight on the jap seaboard.

“Bugger the Vics I say. Bugger the remainder of them as effectively,” Zempilas stated.

Zempilas stated the robust attendance at Scorchers video games confirmed Perth’s urge for food for night time cricket, including the state had been “dealt a uncooked hand” by Cricket Australia.

“It’s vacation time of the yr. The children can keep up later. I settle for that you really want as many younger folks across the nation following our nationwide cricket workforce, however it’s that point of the yr when children can keep up,” he stated.

“Don’t all of us do it when the Ashes are on? Don’t we do it when there’s large soccer matches abroad? We do keep up and it turns into part of the enjoyable and the tradition of it.”

Lower than 60,000 folks attended the 4 days of the ‘West Check’ and Zempilas conceded the group was “comfortable”.

Zempilas defined his tweet relating to the Boxing Day crowd as tongue-in-cheek.

“All of this got here out of a little bit of tongue-in-cheek enjoyable on the Victorians for all going house when it began raining. And I appeared up on the MCG, just about empty and stated, ‘what’s their excuse? It’s not as if they will go to the seashore,” he stated.

“That was in fact regarding our personal crowds at our personal Check match. Sure, the Vics did have extra on someday, the opening day of the Boxing Day Check than we had for our complete Check match, however then once more…if our Check match began on Boxing Day, a public vacation, I reckon we’d get a good crowd as effectively.”

TEA — AUSTRALIA 4-107, LEADS BY 161 RUNS

Mitch Marsh has made 37 from 44 balls since being put down by Abdullah Shafique and is batting Pakistan out of this sport.

Marsh is 57 not out from 77 balls, whereas Steve Smith goes to tea unbeaten on 26.

From 4-16, this pair has placed on 91 runs — albeit with a whole lot of assist from Pakistan’s fielders.

Michael Vaughan warned Pakistan the Check might be out of attain halfway by means of the third session until Shan Masood can rally his troops.

“He is received to persuade them that the subsequent hour is the important thing. In the event that they attempt to put it aside to the final 30-40 minutes of the session, it’s going to be too late,” Vaughan stated on Fox Cricket.

2.49PM: MARSH SURVIVES DRS BY INCHES

Hasan Ali will get a ball to nip again at Mitch Marsh who’s struck on the pads with out providing a shot.

Pakistan opinions a not out name and Marsh solely will get away with it on umpire’s name.

One other fortunate break for the Aussie No.6.

The lead continues to develop and get in the direction of harmful territory for Pakistan.

2.34PM: ANOTHER FIRST SLIP DISASTER

Oh no. Abdullah Shafique has carried out it once more.

Mitch Marsh edges Jamal at an ideal top for catching and Shaffique places down one other sitter.

“The Check match was on that catch. It’s important to take it,” says Kerry O’Keeffe on Fox Cricket.

To make issues worse, Shan Masood misfields the subsequent ball and it runs away for 4.

“Must be 5-46,” says Mark Waugh.

Waugh says Pakistan wants to avoid wasting Shafique and get him out of the cordon.

“I believe you’ve received to get Shaffique out of there,” he stated.

“He has not appeared like catching one all sequence. He’s held on to at least one, solely simply.

“And at some stage you’ve received to get the hook out and say, ‘out of there son’.

“It’s similar to a crocodile jaw making an attempt to catch a ball. It’s unlucky however you’ve received to get him out of there.

“His confidence is so low in the intervening time.”

On Channel 7, Waqar Younis says: “This is likely to be the second that Pakistan miss. This was an enormous, large alternative which Abdullah Shafique, who shouldn’t be having a good time within the slips, and this is likely to be the distinction between profitable and dropping this sport.

“Pakistan fought so, so arduous by means of all of this match and that catch may cost them this match. Would possibly. They must catch simple, this was simple for Abdullah Shafique who’s having a horror time within the slips.”

Shafique has dropped 4 catches in 4 innings on this sequence, three of which have been within the slips.

Marsh was on 20 from 33 balls when he was dropped.

2.10PM: CAN MARSH WRITE ULTIMATE MCG REDEMPTION STORY?

As soon as seen as a villain on the MCG, Mitch Marsh has an enormous alternative this afternoon to endear himself to the Melbourne devoted.

Marsh had the followers within the palm of his hand yesterday whereas fielding, even producing a trademark Cristiano Ronaldo ‘siu’.

However he has a way more critical position to play immediately as Australia tries to construct a defendable whole.

Earlier, he spoke to Fox Cricket about his Check cricket renaissance.

“The final 4 or 5 Exams have been actually enjoyable. Being out for 4 years, you kind of get again right into a workforce and the massive factor for me was doing it my means. Return to once I was a younger child, I used to be all the time attacking,” he stated.

“If the ball was there to hit for 4 or six, it usually went. That’s the way in which I wish to do it. And if I fail doing it that means then I can end realizing that I gave it my all. I’ve received the backing of Ronny (coach Andrew McDonald) and Patty to do this. I’m eager to bat with Heady for a session, that might be enjoyable.”

It’s 5 years since Marsh changed Peter Handscomb within the Australian workforce and was booed by the Victorian crowd.

“It was fairly robust on the time,” Marsh stated.

“It was a wierd day in my profession that one. To be sincere I most likely wouldn’t change it for the world now (with) how issues have progressed and the place issues are at now.

“We had a whole lot of enjoyable with the group yesterday and it’s been a tremendous begin to the summer time.”

On his Ronaldo celebration, Marsh added: “I couldn’t do the (Merv Hughes) stretching as a result of Heady took that over. My nephew Austin loves his soccer. I kind of faked to do it. I didn’t suppose (the group) would realise what it was — they have been throughout it.

“I noticed a possibility to get them up and about…to have the ability to get pleasure from myself in the course of the MCG. I by no means actually thought I’d be again enjoying one other Boxing Day Check match. So, I actually had the mentality that I’m going to reside it up and luxuriate in…it was a tremendous environment yesterday afternoon.”

Marsh and Steve Smith have stemmed the movement of wickets and pushed Australia’s lead past 80 runs regardless of some critical questions being requested by Pakistan.

1.46PM: NO HAT-TRICK

Mitch Marsh lets the hat-trick ball sail by means of harmlessly outdoors the off-stump.

WinViz has gone from 80-20 in Australia’s favour to 53-47.

1.43PM: HEAD BOWLED FIRST BALL!

Absolute carnage on the MCG!

Hamza will get the ball to tail again to Travis Head who performs throughout it and he’s on a hat-trick.

Australia is 4-16.

“Australia underneath all kinds of stress. It’s been a very long time since they’ve felt this on house soil,” says Adam Gilchrist on Fox Cricket.

“That’s bowling perfection. Utterly deceived Travis Head.”

1.41PM: WICKET! WARNER DRAGS ON

David Warner’s time as a Check batter on the MCG is over.

Mir Hamza drops quick and Warner will get a backside edge on an tried pull shot onto the stumps.

Australia is in all kinds at 3-16, main by 70 runs.

“They’re proper within the hunt right here,” says Adam Gilchrist on Fox Cricket.

SECOND SESSION UNDERWAY — AUSTRALIA RESUMES AT 2-6

The second session of day three was delayed a couple of minutes resulting from third umpire Richard Illingworth getting caught in a elevate.

Gamers and umpires gathered in the course of the MCG and are having a chat as we anticipate developments.

“Do you reckon cricket is the primary sport that has stoppages for probably the most weird issues?” says Michael Vaughan on Fox Cricket.

“We’ve received a stoppage right here as a result of the third umpire is caught in a elevate. You’ve received your two umpires able to go within the center, your Pakistan workforce able to go, the 2 batters on the market able to play.

“All the things is able to go and we have now received a 3rd umpire caught in a elevate.”

Wasim Akram stated he had “by no means seen something like this earlier than.”

Play finally received underway about 5 minutes late after fourth umpire Phil Gillespie made his strategy to the third umpire’s space.

Adam Gilchrist added: “He’s nonetheless puffing from working up the steps.”

Illingworth appeared and took his place after a couple of balls.

12.46PM: WICKET! LABUSCHAGNE CAUGHT BEHIND LAST BALL BEFORE LUNCH

What a mini-session for Pakistan.

“Can we produce one piece of magic?” asks Michael Vaughan on Fox Cricket.

It wasn’t essentially a magic ball, however a magic final result for Pakistan.

Labuschagne tries to clip a ball off his pads, will get a small edge and Rizwan cleans up down the leg aspect.

A tremendous 15-minute interval for Pakistan and Australia is 2-6, main by 60 runs.

“Pakistan very a lot again within the sport right here,” says Wasim Akram.

At lunch, why not have a crack at our Pakistan v Australia quiz?

12.33PM: WICKET! KHAWAJA EDGES BEHIND

What a begin by Shaheen!

Second ball of the innings and he will get Khawaja edging a ball that angled in after which went barely away to get the wicket.

Rizwan did the remainder.

One other wicket right here and Australia would successfully be 2-54 which might nearly put this Check again on a good keel.

“Nicely, we have been simply speaking about how vital it was for (Pakistan) to start out effectively. It’s their major man,” Ricky Ponting says on Channel 7.

“Essentially the most skilled quick bowler, Shaheen Afridi. With an absolute peach to Khawaja. Second ball of the innings. Good size. Left him off the wicket. Squared him up.

“Takes the skin edge. Good bowling. Simply moved away. Straight ahead catch to Rizwan. To the person who has been pumping out (runs), Usman Khawaja is on his means for second ball duck.”

A reminder as a result of later begin, lunch is due at 12.45pm.

12.20PM: PAKISTAN ALL OUT FOR 264

Sharp work from Alex Carey behind the stumps to catch Mir Hamza on the road and finish Pakistan’s innings on 264.

Credit score to Aamir Jamal for a high-quality hand from No.8 — he finishes unbeaten on 33 from 80 balls.

Australia leads by 54 runs.

“Good to get it carried out (and) maintain on to a good lead. Fairly blissful,” Cummins tells Fox Cricket.

“I believe I stated yesterday, it was fairly difficult that first day or so with the bat. So, I used to be blissful to get 300-odd. Once more, any first-innings lead you’re proud of.

“I believe the wicket’s in a reasonably good place now, so time to money in.”

12.15PM: WICKET! HIGH FIVE FOR CUMMINS

Pat Cummins you may’t do this to a No.10 batter.

Cummins has the ball speaking and will get one to nip again at Hassan Ali that might have skittled most batters.

From outdoors off it crahses into off-stump and Pakistan is 9 down.

Cummins has 5-46 and salutes the MCG crowd.

That is the tenth time Cummins has taken 5 wickets in Check cricket and second time towards Pakistan.

“No matter he touches turns to gold,” says Isa Guha on Fox Cricket.

“Pat Cummins can do no unsuitable.”

11.55AM: WICKET! LYON TRAPS SHAHEEN AFTER REVIEW

Shaheen opinions instantly after being given out lbw off Nathan Lyon.

He is a good distance again, but it surely struck him very excessive on the pad and he’s an enormous man.

The DRS goes Lyon’s means, exhibiting greater than half the ball was placing the highest of off-stump.

That was an enterprising innings by the Pakistan No.9, making 21 from 20 balls to deliver the deficit to lower than 80 runs.

11.40AM: ‘LESSER OF TWO EVILS’ — ACA WEIGHS IN ON JOHNSON

Australian Cricket Affiliation boss Todd Greenberg says Cricket Australia selected “the lesser of two evils” when it cancelled two talking engagements that includes Mitchell Johnson in Perth.

Johnson was stood down from two lunchtime capabilities at Optus Stadium, however CA deserted the plan after the previous Check fast’s scathing criticism of Warner in newspaper columns.

On the time, Cricket Australia advised this masthead: “Mitchell is certainly one of Australia’s most celebrated bowlers, however we felt on this event it was in everybody’s finest pursuits that he was not the visitor speaker on the CA capabilities.”

Greenberg stated on Thursday that CA had been backed right into a “lose-lose” state of affairs by the volcanic feud.

“It was a kind of, I believe, lose-lose (conditions),” he advised SEN.

“In the event that they proceed with it they’re going to cop some criticism. In the event that they don’t, they’ll additionally cop criticism. I believe it was the lesser of two evils by the sound of issues.”

11.20AM: WICKET! RIZWAN FALLS

There’s the wicket Australia badly wished this morning.

Mohammad Rizwan falls for 42 after failing maintain a drive off Pat Cummins alongside the bottom.

Rizwan tried to pierce the off-side area however bunted the ball to David Warner for a easy catch.

Pakistan nonetheless trails by 103 runs and is looking at a major first-innings deficit now.

Cummins has 4 wickets and has clearly been the standout of the bowlers from each groups.

“It was a reasonably apparent plan and he fell straight into the online,” says Adam Gilchrist on Fox Cricket.

11.10AM: HAZLEWOOD — WHY I WAS HAPPY TO MISS IPL RICHES

After Mitch Starc and Pat Cummins pocketed greater than $7m mixed, you surprise how their bowling comrade Josh Hazlewood may need felt to overlook out on the IPL public sale.

The reply? Blissful.

Hazlewood, who has performed for Chennai Tremendous Kings, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore throughout his IPL profession, shouldn’t be accessible for the total IPL event.

However he’s holding his choices open ought to a slot turn into accessible in the course of the center of the competitors.

“I used to be blissful to not get picked up. The way in which I used to be heading with solely being accessible for possibly a month together with finals,” he advised SEN.

“Hopefully a fast or two go down midway by means of and it might open up a window for me to play a component in any workforce for kind of the previous few weeks.”

10.45AM: THE AWKWARD REALITY FOR PAKISTAN’S NEW CAPTAIN

Pakistan’s new Check captain Shan Masood is dealing with a “large dilemma” two Exams into his management, says former Australian batter Simon Katich.

Masood, who averages 28.5 from 32 Exams, has tried to take the sport to the Australians and play aggressively — each in Perth and on the MCG.

His tactic labored, to a degree, on day two when he dispatched Nathan Lyon throughout a counterattacking flourish.

Nevertheless it in the end caused Shan’s downfall when he went after Lyon one too many instances and skied a catch to Mitch Marsh.

Katich stated Shan was in an “unenviable” place the place he was the most-vulnerable of Pakistan’s batters to choice stress.

“The highest-four … it’s a category top-four. They’ll all play,” Katich stated on SEN.

“However Shan Masood has received the most important dilemma as a result of his Check numbers aren’t sensible, averaging underneath 30, and he’s making an attempt to play an aggressive fashion of cricket which isn’t simple to do towards this Australian assault in these circumstances.”

Damien Fleming stated the Pakistan skipper ought to be batting at No.5.

“I just like the angle. You see Travis Head batting at No.5. I’d wish to see Masood there,” Fleming stated.

“I let you know what Rizwan is an excellent participant. I used to be questioning whether or not they would play Rizwan and Sarfaraz in the identical workforce in that first Check. If that was to occur I reckon Rizwan might bat three.”

In the meantime, play is underway on day three with the beginning solely delayed by quarter-hour resulting from morning rain.

10.20AM: LATEST WEATHER, PLAY UPDATE

If there’s no extra rain on the MCG, play will begin at 10.45am.

10.10AM: PONTING’S BRUTAL REALITY CHECK FOR OPENING CONTENDER

Ricky Ponting has dished out a brutal actuality examine for Australian selectors, saying there was “no likelihood” Cameron Inexperienced would open towards the West Indies.

As selectors weigh up whether or not to shoehorn Inexperienced into the highest of the order of select certainly one of Cameron Bancroft, Matthew Renshaw or Marcus Harris, Ponting made his most popular possibility clear.

Requested if Inexperienced would succeed Warner after his SCG farewell, Ponting advised Channel 7: “No likelihood. Time to return and discover Australia’s subsequent finest opening batsman with the India check sequence and Ashes in thoughts.”

9.40AM: PLAY DELAYED

Traditional Melbourne! The covers are again on on the MCG because the lightest of rain falls. It’s been confirmed we can have a delayed begin to day three

9:35AM: RAIN CLEARS IN MELBOURNE

Indicators are wanting promising for play this morning on the MCG after in a single day and morning rain in Melbourne. The principle covers have been taken off and Australia has been warming up because it eyes the final 4 wickets of Pakistan’s innings. Perhaps a little bit of juice within the monitor and humidity within the air will assist Australia’s trigger.

8AM: PAKISTAN SERIES UNDERPINS BROKEN BARRIERS OF TEST CRICKET

Robert Craddock

When the Pakistan cricket aspect turned up with items for Australia on Christmas Day, it appeared odd that groups about to enter a Boxing Day battle might be so intimate.

May you think about Allan Border doing it for Mike Gatting?

However that’s life in trendy cricket. Covid togetherness and the Indian Premier League, which has no Pakistan gamers, has modified all the pieces.

Obstacles have been damaged down and friendships shaped throughout nationwide strains.

Frenemies have changed enemies.

It’s occurred earlier than, although. By means of the years there have been events of gamers from rival nations surviving the hothouse of worldwide cricket to turn into associates.

Right here’s a number of a few of the most famous, and surprising.

RICHARD HADLEE (NEW ZEALAND)-DEAN JONES (AUSTRALIA):

A narrative of many threads. Tempo nice Hadlee dominated Jones in a Check sequence within the mid-Eighties and even branded Jones his bunny. Jones struck again in one-day cricket they usually cast a friendship that blossomed by means of many guest-speaking gigs over the many years. The Hadlees shared Jones’s final Christmas dinner at his Romsey property earlier than his demise in 2021 when Sir Richard stirred the pot by giving Jones a Christmas current of a pillow case with a bunny on it.

BRIAN LARA (WEST INDIES)-ANDREW SYMONDS (AUSTRALIA):

Lara flew 10,000km to be current at Symonds’ funeral as a silent tribute to what he known as their “growing friendship’’.

“Generally you lose relationships with gamers once you retire,’’ Lara stated. “However ours grew and it was not as a result of he compelled it or I compelled it. It simply occurred naturally. We have been superior collectively.’’

MITCH MARSH (AUSTRALIA)-TOM AND SAM CURRAN (ZIMBABWE):

They used to play yard cricket – and even in hallways – when Mitch’s father Geoff coached Zimbabwe and have remained good mates.

VIRAT KOHLI (INDIA)-AB DE VILLIERS (SOUTH AFRICA):

They performed collectively for Bangalore within the IPL for years and have been usually seen at breakfast. Throughout Check sequence between India and South Africa, when certainly one of them peeled away from their house workforce to speak with the opposite, teammates often felt a bit not noted.

KEITH MILLER (AUSTRALIA)-DENIS COMPTON (ENGLAND):

The 2 debonair heart-throbs used to like going out collectively and swapping tales about their deeds in World Struggle II, the place Miller was a Mosquito pilot who cheated demise on a number of events. As soon as in Brisbane they have been seen leaving the nurses’ quarters on the Royal Brisbane Hospital at 8am the morning of a match.

MARK WAUGH (AUSTRALIA)-KEN RUTHERFORD (NEW ZEALAND):

A mutual love of the racing business made these two an apparent match. They used to talk usually at Hawkesbury races when Rutherford was membership boss and Mark’s spouse Kim was racing horses there. Rutherford jokes he likes spending time with Waugh as a result of it makes him really feel like an excellent tipster.

DAVID WARNER (AUSTRALIA)-SHAHEEN SHAH AFRIDI (PAKISTAN):

They received to know one another once they have been staying in the identical resort throughout a Check sequence in Pakistan. Afridi was identified to sometimes anticipate Warner on the backside of a elevate to have a chat.

STEVE WAUGH (AUSTRALIA)-RAHUL DRAVID (INDIA):

Check rivals over an extended interval, they’d unimaginable mutual respect. Waugh loved Dravid’s immaculate approach and his sincerity as an individual.

ANDREW FLINTOFF (ENGLAND)-MATT HAYDEN (AUSTRALIA):

Hayden reckons the one cricket deliveries he by no means truly noticed have been ones bowled to him within the 2005 Ashes by Flintoff; fast, curling, seaming, brutes of issues they have been, too. They performed collectively at Chennai within the IPL and Hayden received Flintoff to jot down the foreword to his e-book. Hayden reckons the funniest hours of his life got here when he was drug-tested within the IPL and Flintoff stayed again to maintain him firm, spinning yarns about his life.

GLENN MCGRATH (AUSTRALIA)-HEATH STREAK (ZIMBABWE):

They shared a terrific love of the outside and used to go on safaris collectively.

SHANE WARNE (AUSTRALIA)-KEVIN PIETERSEN (ENGLAND):

Each showmen and entertainers who revered these traits in one another. Warne as soon as wound up Pietersen by telling his Australian teammates to name Pietersen “Kevin’’ quite than KP on the sphere.

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